Mom’s Texas Sheet Cake
(Torta Favorita della Mamma)
Cake:
2 sticks of butter
1 cup water
4 tablespoons cocoa
2 cups cake flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cups sour cream
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs
Icing:
1 stick of butter
4 tablespoons cocoa
6 tablespoons milk
1 pound box of powdered sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a jellyroll pan, and set aside. In a saucepan, boil water adding the butter, water, and cocoa. Cool slightly. With an electric beater, combine with remaining ingredients and spread batter into jellyroll pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare icing using an electric beater, and spread over warm cake.
My mom loves chocolate! This is, I think, her favorite cake. She has been making this cake for as long as I can remember, and brings it wherever she goes! It is a moist and easy cake to make.
